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Finnish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Estonia   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
alo   

Thank You
Kiitos   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
bună Dimineața   

Please
haluta   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
scuze   

Bye
Heippa   
La revedere   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Română   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
finnois   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Finnisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1543   
1521   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
rum   

ISO 639 3
fin   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Finnish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Romanian language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and Romanian Language History.

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Finnish and Romanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Romanian language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Romanian Difficulty

The Finnish vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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